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Symeon gives a small call out to everyone, "These are a type of quippoth called cythnigots. They carry spores that can bind people, make them clumsy and take away their fine motor skills. Be careful."
He then takes aim at the one harrying Darlann again.
+10 for Society; +8 for Arcana, Crafting, Medicine, Occultism, Academia Lore, or Surgery Lore; +6 for Nature or Religion.
Feeling better about his lines of attack he draws back the string and lets an arrow fly.
He then tries to take cover in the grasses again.
You have already used your cold iron arrow, so I am assuming a normal arrow for this shot.
Symeon hits with his arrow, but once again it doesn’t do full damage.
Round 1:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Inspire Courage active.
Red thing -3
Green thing -9
Blue thing
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6 Need DC 17 Fort save
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 2:
Redd
Meadow +5 Temp
Symeon +5 Temp
Silence flies forward and bites at one of the rat-things.
extra damage on the first hit.
Eltis misses.
Darlann hits with his first strike and is in position to help against attacks. It doesn’t do full damage.
Meadow manages to kill Red with her shot. It didn’t do full damage, but it was enough to easily kill it.
Round 1:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Inspire Courage active.
Red thing -15
Green thing -13
Blue thing
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 2:
Redd
Meadow +5 Temp, two actions left
Symeon +5 Temp
Silence manages to kill Green!
Round 1:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Inspire Courage active.
Red thing -15
Green thing
Blue thing
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 2:
Redd
Meadow +5 Temp
Symeon +5 Temp
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Clip-offs? Synthy-Gots? What?
Well, they sure are icky!
She responds to Symeon's details of the creatures.
Redd takes several steps backwards, being careful to not stumble on the carpet of moss and undergrowth. She raises her bow and takes aim at the synthi-got covered in blueberry juice and shoots.
And shoots again.
I need to practice more with my bow.
She says quietly in disappointment.
Redd decides she needs more practice with the bow. That is a much better explanation than being creeped out by the creatures, right?
With the bird having done so much damage to the other ones, Blue decides to go for the bird's handler! First it preens in a way that allows all nearby to see just how icky the creature really is.
Success The creature is "at-footed until its next turn. Failure The creature is sickened 1, and is "at-footed for as
long as it’s sickened.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and is "at-footed
for as long as it’s sickened.
Then it bites twice at Meadow.
plus and tangle spores.
plus and tangle spores.
Round 2:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Blue thing
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6 DC 17 Will save
Krek +1 Temp shield -1, DC 17 Will save
Round 3:
Redd
Meadow +5 Temp DC 17 Will save, need result to see if got hit
Symeon +5 Temp DC 17 Will save
Eltis hits with his holy lance! It does full damage.
Round 2:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Blue thing -6
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 3:
Redd
Meadow +5 Temp
Symeon +5 Temp
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Krek lets out a shrill howl to help inspire the group as he raises his head into the air like some sort of feral wolf. Outnumbered and outmaneuvered by the fey he needs this frenzied energy to take over.
AC 19 (20 w/ shield)
HP 17/21 | +1 Temp HP |
Buckler (Hardness 3) 5/6 HP
Hero Points 1/3
Campaign Coin 1/1
Krek hits with his second strike. It doesn't do as much damage as expected, but he thinks one more strike is likely to down it.
Meadow's arm where she was bitten has some spores that try to take root. None of them do.
Round 2:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Blue thing -10
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6 DC 17 Will save
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 3:
Redd
Meadow +1 Temp DC 17 Will save
Symeon +5 Temp DC 17 Will save
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Symeon feels a small twisting of his stomach at the sight of the slimy oozing demon, but quickly tries to tamp it down and focus on something else... Anything else... like, uh, shooting the dang thing!
As he prepares to fire, some cleric nearby starts a sermon about how the pathfinders like Desna help people pass out of the dark and travel into the light.
+10 for Society; +8 for Arcana, Crafting, Medicine, Occultism, Academia Lore, or Surgery Lore; +6 for Nature or Religion.
He fails to find a good bead and instead moves up to Darlann and readies his supplies to help heal the man, but waits for his stomach to settle some before he does.
The creatures have a weakness to Lawful damage.
They have some Occult innate spells: Read Omens, Detect Lawful Alignment, Paranoia, Phantom Pain.
Symeon moves so that he will be in position for if Darlann gets hurt more.
Round 2:
Green areas are light underbrush, creating difficult terrain and allowing creatures within to Hide and Sneak.
Inspire Courage until Round 6.
Blue thing -10
Eltis +5 Temp
Darlann -6 DC 17 Will save
Krek +1 Temp shield -1
Round 3:
Redd
Meadow +1 Temp DC 17 Will save
Symeon +5 Temp
Silence lets out an angry cry and charges the awful-tasting thing.
extra damage on the first hit.
Meadow and Silence finish off the icky creature. The cold iron arrows do full damage.
Silence hoots softly and retches.
"Hooak, hooak...
Eventually he spits out a round, wet pellet of fur and small bones.
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Totally, Ew! Very icky things.
Redd sees Meadow begin to gag.
Noooo! Don't start throwing up! It will set off a chain reacti-
Redd suddenly turns green after seeing Meadow puke, begins to dry heave, and...
She starts crying all the while emptying her gut.
Ugghh! Noooo!
*Sob*
*sniffle*
*Sob*
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There is a strange sensation throughout the demiplane of tension being released. It’s as though the plane itself had been holding its breath for a long time and finally exhaled. The Thorned Monarch has fallen. Gregaro Voth, now freed from his planar prison, stands before the assembled group.
“Pathfinders, there are no words to thank you for coming to my rescue. I have talked with Venture-Captain Tolal, and I understand I’ve been trapped here for a great many years. Unfortunately, I cannot return with you to Absalom. If I leave this place, the weight of time would suddenly bear down upon me, and I would immediately die. So, I shall remain here, though I imagine I can make this a more palatable prison.”
Voth, still wearing the crown, looks around him, and the landscape suddenly changes. In an instant, where before there was a copse of trees, there now stands a brand-new Pathfinder lodge with sprawling grounds. The scene is beautiful, with dozens of small buildings dotted across a verdant landscape complete with tall trees, colorful flowers, and chirping birds. “I suppose the adventure can come to me! Please, Pathfinders, stay and enjoy a well-deserved rest. Tell me of all the journeys you’ve taken and the discoveries that you’ve made!”
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After a full night’s rest, though perhaps with a few odd dreams, Oraiah Tolal and Gregaro Voth ask everyone to meet the next morning. Agents assemble in a garden on the new lodge’s grounds.
Gregaro Voth begins, “Pathfinders, you have done amazing work, defeating the Thorned Monarch and his forces after making the arduous journey out here.” Oraiah Tolal continues, “But if Aleta smiles upon our work, you will have a much easier journey home.” Together, they cast a spell, and a shimmering archway appears. After a few moments, Master of Spells Sorrina Westyr and Decemvirate member Eliza Petulengro walk through. Westyr exclaims happily, “Well done, Pathfinders, all of you!” Petulengro explains more. “We’ve established a link between this new lodge and the Maze of the Open Road, a hedge maze and portal network that used to be carefully restricted by the Decemvirate. The Decemvirate is planning to add new nodes to the maze, allowing Pathfinders to swiftly travel to places far from the Society’s current reach. And so, if you are ready to go home, please follow me. You have more than earned a swift trip home!” Petulengro and Westyr lead the way through the portal, into the maze, and through another archway that leads straight back to the Grand Lodge.